abuse
Dictionary entries
- Entry →abutor, abuti, abusus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
waste, squander; abuse; misuse; use up; spend; exhaust; misapply (word); curse;
voc. sg. perf. part.
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...nomen ductum a canticis ad aliorum similitudinem modulatis abusive etiam in versificationis ac sermonum imitatione servatur. XXXVI..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...defuit, tralatio ubi aliud fuit. Nam poetae solent abusive etiam in iis rebus quibus nomina sua sunt vicinis..."
